My Tai

Tai and his lifelong friend Noah, along with bar manager Maeve and the staff of “McCluskey’s,”learn that insurance won’t cover the rebuilding of their beloved bar after hearing about an incoming cyclone!

Determined to give the bar a proper send-off, they plan one last Cyclone Party to bid it farewell. Unbeknownst to Tai, Noah has secretly decided to leave the island to study medicine, a plan Tai uncovers by accident. Tai’s lifelong obsession is to create the perfect cocktail, and live up to his grandfather’s legacy. He’s spent years trying to replicate it but has never succeeded.

With time running out and Noah on the verge of leaving for medical school, Tai must finally craft the perfect drink he’s always dreamed of making. In doing so, he hopes to convince Noah to stay and face the future together.

Comedy | 86 mins | 2024

Director: Hannah Smith

Writer: Jake Ashton

Cinematographer: David Aponas

Production Designer: Bailey Hewitt

 

 

Context

My Tai was the first feature film I ever volunteered on. I was a production design assistant in an art department of three. Over the weeks leading up to production, I sourced props and set decor, designed posters and pages. On set, I helped decorated the built set. I had an awesome time and learnt so many practical skills that helped me a lot in uni. 

DIY fishing rod (peep a bingus shirt)
Proptails? prop cocktails
Projection room

Some things I did

Clutter corner in Mcklusky's bar.
Ocean inspired wall decor
Community notice board. Polaroids of our crew!
Behind bar
Wall decor
mermaid-ification
Prop fruit on kumquat tree